Olympic Games 2012: Disabled

Mark Harper: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what discussions she has had with the Olympic Delivery Authority on the accessibility of the Olympic Village for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement.

Tessa Jowell: The Olympic Village will be fully accessible to disabled people and comply with both the spirit and the intent of all relevant legislation, including the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and its supporting code of practice and will exceed the requirements of the UK's Building Regulations (Part M).
	I am fully committed to ensuring that the Village is a model of accessibility. To that end, the ODA's Access and Inclusion Forum meets on a quarterly basis to advice on areas of inclusive design through the sharing of knowledge and experience. It has representation from a lead disability organisation within each of the five boroughs, as well as the Borough Access Officers and key external stakeholders.
	In addition to the forum, the ODA Access Panels—one for the built environment and one for transport—target the more specific issues around those areas. The Panels provide specialist disability and inclusive design experts to review and advise upon Park commitments—both at Games time and in legacy—and have final sign-off on ODA build commitments. In support of this, the ODA has also appointed two Principal Access Officers, one specialising in transport accessibility, and one specialising in the built environment. These Officers are responsible for the development of inclusive design within the ODA's programme.

Crimes of Violence: Females

Theresa May: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what meetings she has held since 27 June 2007 with representatives of  (a) rape crisis centres,  (b) women's refuges,  (c) sexual assault referral centres,  (d) prostitution, trafficking and sexual exploitation support services and  (e) other third sector organisations dealing with violence against women.

Barbara Follett: Since 27 June 2007, the Ministers for Women and Equality have had meetings and maintained contact with stakeholders and third sector organisations on a range of issues, including violence against women.

Prostitution

Theresa May: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what meetings  (a) she and  (b) the Deputy Minister for Women has had with Ministerial colleagues on the Government's policy on prostitution in each of the last three months.

Barbara Follett: The Ministers for Women and Equality are in close and regular contact with ministerial colleagues about this issue. In addition, the deputy Minister for Women and Equality sits on the Inter-departmental Ministerial Group on Sexual Violence, to which progress on the Prostitution Strategy is reported.

Water Supply

Elliot Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2008,  Official Report, columns 1498-99W, on water supply, if he will formally recognise the contribution made by the late Thuli Khambali, South African co-ordinator for the Partnership for Water and Sanitation, on the work undertaken on achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Gareth Thomas: Thulise Khambule joined the Partnership for Water and Sanitation (PAWS) in September 2003 and over the next few years directed much needed support to South African municipalities in their delivery of water and sanitation services, through PAWS and other programmes.
	PAWS staff, partners and friends have paid tribute to her guidance, knowledge and dignity in making the South Africa programme a success. The continued work of the PAWS South Africa programme to help improve the lives of poor people will be a fitting tribute to Thuli Khambule.

Capita

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was paid by his Department to Capita Group plc and its subsidiaries in each financial year since 2000; which contracts were awarded by his Department to Capita Group plc in each year from 2000-01 to the most recent available date; what the cost was of each contract; what penalties for default were imposed in contract provisions; what the length was of each contract; whether the contract was advertised; how many companies applied for the contract; how many were short-listed; what criteria were used for choosing a company; what provision was made for renewal without re-tender in each case; and if he will make a statement.

Shaun Woodward: The Northern Ireland Office paid Capita Group plc and its subsidiaries the following amounts in each year since 2000-01:
	
		
			   Amount (£) 
			 2000-01 46,015 
			 2001-02 26,645 
			 2002-03 236,345 
			 2003-04 154,046 
			 2004-05 16,021 
			 2005-06 73,054 
			 2006-07 0 
			 Total 552,126 
		
	
	The contracts which have been awarded centrally to Capita Group plc and its subsidiaries since 2000-01 are as follows:
	
		
			  Contract awarded  Date  Value (£) 
			 NIO Review of the State Pathologists Department May 2001 28,610 
			 NIO Review of Funding to Nexus Institute February 2003 4,750 
			 Options Appraisal for a Centralised Mortuary Facility November 2003 38,623 
		
	
	The payments which are not covered by central contracts are set up by departmental divisions using the departmental procurement guidelines. These divisional contracts are set up when their value is less than £10,000.
	Penalties for default are illegal under UK Contract Law so incentives or pre-estimates of damages are commonly used instead.
	As the information has been gathered from a number of business areas, provision of details relating to the length of the contracts; whether they were advertised; how many companies applied for each contract; how many companies were short listed for each contract; what criteria was used for choosing a company and what provision was made for renewal without re-tender could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Iran: Prisoners

Lembit �pik: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Government will raise with the Iranian government the cases of Miss Haleh Roohi, Mr. Sasan Taqva and Miss Raha Sabet who have recently been imprisoned in Iran; and if he will make a statement.

Kim Howells: We regularly raise our concerns about the treatment of Bah' with the Iranian authorities, both bilaterally and through the EU.
	The EU presidency has already raised the case of these three individuals in a meeting with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 22 January. In this meeting, the EU drew attention to the worsening situation of ethnic and religious minorities in Iran, especially the Baha'i community, and expressed opposition to all forms of discrimination, in particular regarding the freedom of religion. The EU called for the immediate release of the three individuals and the abandoning of all proceedings against the rest of the group of Bah's. We will monitor this case closely and will continue to raise it with the Iranian government.
	The Government continues to press the Iranian authorities to take seriously their international human rights obligations, uphold the right to freedom of religion and belief, as described in Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and address the discrimination suffered by Iranian Bah's.

Kenya: Overseas Residence

Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to help protect United Kingdom passport holders working as missionaries in Kenya.

Meg Munn: holding  answer 1 February 2008
	All British nationals in Kenya are covered by our high commissions civil contingency plans. In compiling civil contingency plans, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's objective is to protect British nationals in situations which pose a serious threat to their safety. The plan includes information on the number and location of British nationals in the country and the use of wardens' networks to communicate with them. To ensure we can effectively communicate any changes in travel advice and other relevant information, British nationals are urged to register with our high commission in Nairobi. They can do this online or by phoning the high commission direct on (00) (254) (20) 284 4000.

Pakistan: Drugs

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what co-ordination the Government is undertaking with the governments of  (a) Pakistan and  (b) Iran on anti-narcotics policies.

Jim Murphy: The Government remain committed to engagement with the Governments of both Pakistan and Iran to tackle the flows of opiates from Afghanistan.
	The UK has supported the work of the Pakistan government to update its drugs strategy (Masterplan) and earmarked US $80,000 of its contribution to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for consultancy input to its development. The UK provides diplomatic and political support to the Pakistan government's counter-narcotics (CN) work, including through some 800,000 in the last three years to train officers of the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) and to provide them with equipment. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, when he was the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced on 8 March 2006 that the UK had agreed to gift two helicopters to the ANF for CN work. Delivery is expected in the early spring of this year. The UK Serious Organised Crime Agency enjoys operational co-operation with its Pakistani partners on counter-narcotics issues.
	The UK has also contributed to the work of the UNODC in Iran. With the support of the Government of Iran, the UNODC has developed a strategy to build international support for tackling drugs demand and trafficking of opiates in Iran. The UK has contributed 500,000 to the UNODC in the last three years for this purpose with a particular focus on the provision of equipment and training of officers combating the trafficking of opiates on Iran's eastern border with Afghanistan. Additionally, we have supplied bilaterally some 30,000 of equipment for policing the eastern border.
	The Government further engages to support a number of multilateral fora in which the policies and operations of governments in this region are co-ordinated and developed. The Paris Pact, organised by the UNODC, brings together those donor and beneficiary nations which are committed to tackle the drugs flows from Afghanistan to Europe; a database organised by the UNODC collates and co-ordinates the contributions of the donor community and matches these with the identified needs of countries on the trafficking routes. The Afghan government's work on the Good Neighbourly Relations Declaration (GNRD) on CN, agreed in Berlin on 1 April 2004 and in which the UK acts in an observer role, brings together all immediately neighbouring nations and commits them to work with each other and with Afghanistan to develop CN work. The UK is supporting the Ministry of Counter Narcotics' plans to hold a further GNRD meeting this year.

UK Visas: Finance

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the budget of UK Visas was in 2006-07; and how these resources were allocated by main budget heading.

Kim Howells: UKvisas total costs of 202 million in financial year 2006-07 were fully recovered from income generated from visa fees and allocated under the following budget headings:
	
		
			million 
			 Pay related expenditure 62.6 
			 Project expenditure 52.5 
			 Depreciation and capital charge 9.6 
			 Indirect costs (including management and support overheads) 76.9

UK Visas: Telephone Services

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for how long the UK Visas telephone service has been suspended.

Kim Howells: The UKvisas telephone inquiry line has been suspended since 10 September 2007.

UK Visas: Telephone Services

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether alternative provision has been made to assist visa applicants following the suspension of the UK Visas telephone service.

Kim Howells: The principle sources of information and advice for visa applicants, all of whom are overseas, are the central UKvisas website, posts' websites, and our commercial partners' websites and telephone inquiry lines. Some posts also have telephone inquiry services.
	In the UK we now provide an enhanced e-mail service that aims to reply to e-mails within one working day. Most of these queries are from sponsors and other interested parties in the UK rather than visa applicants, who are guided to their local post or commercial partner. UKvisas website now has more and improved links. Its recorded telephone message now has more information, including referring callers to Border and Immigration Agency telephone numbers when appropriate.

UK Visas: Telephone Services

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to reinstate the UK Visas telephone service.

Kim Howells: We are currently looking at the future for this service to callers from the UK and aim to conclude an internal review by the end of the financial year.

Arts Council

David Cameron: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what consultation was held about the criteria being used by the Arts Council to make funding reductions to certain organisations; when a full list of the organisations that are to receive funding reductions will be released; and how many organisations  (a) serving rural communities and  (b) in Oxfordshire are to receive funding reductions.

Andy Burnham: The Arts Council operates at arm's length from the Government and decisions about which arts organisations to fund are entirely for them. Their fundamental criteria are set out in their Royal Charter
	to develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and practice of the arts [and] to increase accessibility of the arts to the public in England.
	In February 2007 the Arts Council created detailed guidance on how it would develop its investment strategy for 2008/9-2010/11. That guidance said that the Council would give particular priority to the following:
	achieving a portfolio of effective and thriving organisations;
	increasing engagement in the arts across the population;
	delivering greater arts activity and presence in our emerging priority places;
	delivering the recommendations of Turning Point, the Arts Council's strategic review of the visual arts sector.
	The Arts Council informed their regularly funded organisations of this in May 2007 and of their intention to provide the majority of organisations with at least an inflation increase in funding, and that this would be achieved by reducing the size of their portfolio of regularly funded organisations.
	The Arts Council did not hold any consultation about these criteria specifically. However, it held a public value inquiry, the Arts Debate, between October 2006 and September 2007. The inquiry considered how people think and feel about the arts in England and their priorities for public funding. The Arts Council is incorporating the results of the enquiry into their corporate planning.
	The Arts Council has said the following in response to requests to see the names of the organisations listed in their proposals:
	Our proposals for non-renewal of funding cannot be made available until our National and Regional Councils make final decisions. This information is considered confidential and commercially sensitive during the response period. This is especially so in the case of a recommendation that might be overturned by the National Council or a Regional Council. Regularly funded organisations who have a right to respond to our recommendation, should be able to do so freely without fear that our intention to reduce or stop their funding is potentially unnecessarily, and without their consent, released into the public domain. A full announcement will be made at the beginning of February.

English Heritage

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which English Heritage sites  (a) he and  (b) Ministers in his Department have visited since appointment; and on what dates.

Margaret Hodge: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has not yet visited any English Heritage sites in the short time since he took office. On his second day as Culture Secretary, he visited the International Slavery Museum which is situated on Liverpool's Albert Dock, part of the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City, World Heritage Site. His predecessor, the right hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (James Purnell) visited the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, part of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, on 31 October 2007 for the launch of Heritage Counts.
	I visited Castle Acre Priory on 8 July 2007 and Stonehenge on 6 September 2007. I have, of course, visited a number of sites in my personal capacity.
	My hon. Friend the Minister for Sport has not visited any properties owned or managed by English Heritage in his official capacity.

Horserace Totaliser Board

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made towards the sale of the Tote; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 1 February 2008
	The Government received at the end of September 2007, and are considering, a final bid from a consortium of racing interests and the staff and management of the Tote itself. The Government will announce shortly how it intends to proceed.

Licensing

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many cumulative impact areas, as defined in guidance issued under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003, there are in England and Wales, broken down by local authority area.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The data which the Department for Culture, Media and Sport holds on local authority cumulative impact areas was published in the Department's licensing statistical bulletin on 8 November 2007 and is set out in the following table. The data covers cumulative impact areas in force on 31 March 2007 and is based upon a response rate of 80 per cent. of licensing authorities.
	
		
			  Licensing authority  Cumulative impact areas 
			 Leeds 4 
			 Bexley 3 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 3 
			 Bristol 2 
			 Bromley 2 
			 Fareham 2 
			 Merton 2 
			 Pembrokeshire 2 
			 Portsmouth 2 
			 Richmond upon Thames 2 
			 Scarborough 2 
			 Trafford 2 
			 Warwick 2 
			 Aylesbury Vale 1 
			 Birmingham 1 
			 Blackpool 1 
			 Blaenau Gwent 1 
			 Bournemouth 1 
			 Bridgend 1 
			 Cardiff 1 
			 Colchester 1 
			 Croydon 1 
			 Dudley 1 
			 Ealing 1 
			 Easington 1 
			 East Hampshire 1 
			 East Staffordshire 1 
			 Eastbourne 1 
			 Hackney 1 
			 Hartlepool 1 
			 Herefordshire 1 
			 Hinckley and Bosworth 1 
			 Isles of Scilly 1 
			 King's Lynn and West Norfolk 1 
			 Lancaster 1 
			 Leicester 1 
			 Lichfield 1 
			 Lincoln 1 
			 Middlesbrough 1 
			 Newcastle-under-Lyme 1 
			 Nottingham 1 
			 Oadby and Wigston 1 
			 Oxford 1 
			 Preston 1 
			 Restormel 1 
			 Shrewsbury and Atcham 1 
			 South Tyneside 1 
			 Southend-on-Sea 1 
			 Torbay 1 
			 Wakefield 1 
			 Watford 1 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 1 
			 Worthing 1 
			 York 1 
			  Note:  The number of. Cumulative Impact Areas published on 8 November 2007 for two licensing authorities were incorrect: Melton Licensing Authority had recorded the wrong number of cumulative impact areas as six; it has been amended to zero in the revised statistical bulletin published on 15 January 2008; Warwick's number of cumulative impact areas was incorrectly inputted as four; this has been corrected to two in the revised statistical bulletin published on 15 January 2008.

Planning Permission: Playing Fields

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate his Department has made of the change in the number of playing fields of an area of less than 0.4 hectares in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 1 February 2008
	Information on the change in the number of playing fields of less than 0.4 hectares is not collected centrally. However, the Department for Communities and Local Government has committed to consulting this year on reducing from 0.4 hectares to 0.2 hectares, the threshold at which Sport England must be consulted when a planning application for development is submitted.

Tourism

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will publish the provisional 2006 productivity data for the tourism and leisure industry, referred to in his Department's Autumn Performance Report 2007.

Margaret Hodge: Productivity data for the tourism and leisure industry is estimated from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). As referred to in the DCMS Autumn Performance Report 2007, the provisional ABI data for 2006 were released by the ONS in December 2007.
	An update of the tourism and leisure industry productivity target to incorporate this data will be published in the Department's Annual Reportscheduled for release by
	19 May 2008.
	As in previous years, the Autumn Performance Report will include the final 2006 productivity data following the release of the validated ABI results in June 2008.

Aviation: Exhaust Emissions

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what average carbon emissions were per UK air passenger in each year since 1997.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The following table provides estimates of aviation carbon dioxide emissions per passenger for all domestic and international air passengers flying from UK airports in each year from 1997 to 2005.
	
		
			  Estimate  of average CO 2  emissions per passenger flying from UK airports, 1997 to 2005 
			   Domestic aviation  International aviation 
			   Carbon dioxide (Million tonnes)  Departing passengers (Million)  CO 2  per passenger (Tonnes)  Carbon dioxide (Million tonnes)  Departing passengers (Million)  CO 2  per passenger (Tonnes) 
			 1997 1.49 16.0 0.1 22.70 57.4 0.4 
			 1998 1.62 16.7 0.1 25.26 62.7 0.4 
			 1999 1.80 17.5 0.1 27.45 66.7 0.4 
			 2000 1.96 18.6 0.1 30.25 71.4 0.4 
			 2001 2.06 19.2 0.1 29.49 71.5 0.4 
			 2002 2.07 21.0 0.1 28.94 73.4 0.4 
			 2003 2.11 22.9 0.1 29.64 77.1 0.4 
			 2004 2.30 24.2 0.1 33.13 83.6 0.4 
			 2005 2.46 25.1 0.1 35.01 89.0 0.4 
			  Notes: 1. The emissions figures in the table are in the common format of 'weight of carbon dioxide'; to convert to 'weight of carbon' figures should be multiplied by a factor of 12/44. 2. Domestic aviation includes all departures from UK airports flying to another UK airport. International aviation includes all departures from a UK airport flying to a destination outside of the UK. These will carry both UK and foreign passengers. 3. The aviation CO2 emissions capture only those from the first leg of a flight (e.g. emissions for a passenger flying from London to Australia via Singapore will only reflect London to Singapore). 4. The aviation CO2 emissions are only those from departing aircraft (excluding military aircraft) and therefore the figures in the table do not reflect emissions from surface access nor emissions from airport buildings. Emissions from freighter aircraft have been allocated to passengers in these illustrative figures. 5. The CO2 emissions do not account for non- CO2 climate change effects of aviation emissions.  Sources: Carbon dioxide emissions, table 5 of DEFRA's Statistical Release UK Emissions of Greenhouse Gases. Passengers - Civil Aviation Authority statistics. 
		
	
	The average CO2 per passenger figures in the aforementioned table have been calculated by dividing total CO2 emissions from departing flights by the number of departing passengers. They do not therefore reflect a weighted average of emissions to account for the relative number of flights flying different trip lengths. The level of emissions per passenger will be affected by such factors as load factors, type of aircraft used, fuel efficiency changes, etc.

Heathrow Airport

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 
	(1)  if she will publish the research informing the assumptions made on the fleet mix expected to be using Heathrow in 2020 in  (a) the Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow study,  (b) the consultation document Adding Capacity at Heathrow and  (c) in the work done to prepare for 2003 White Paper on the Future of Air Transport;
	(2)  in what respect the assumptions made on the fleet mix expected to be using Heathrow in 2020 used in the Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow Study differ from those used in the work done to prepare for the 2003 White Paper on the Future of Air Transport.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The basis of air traffic forecasts and fleet mix assumptions for both  (a) and  (b) is explained in annex C of the consultation document Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport. The fleet profile for modelling purposes was based on BAA's fleet mix assumptions, informed by historic trends on fleet replacement and discussions with major airlines about likely future trends. The predicted fleet profile in future years is illustrated in the supporting technical reportsfor example, the Emission Summaries and Emissions Methodology reports, and chapter 2 and table 2.3 in the Revised Future Aircraft Noise Exposure Estimates report by the Civil Aviation Authority. All these documents are available via the Department's website:
	www.dft.gov.uk/heathrowconsultation
	Fleet mix assumptions at the time of the White Paper are set out in the equivalent CAA report 0307 (December 2003).

M40: Accidents

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving  (a) serious injuries and  (b) fatalities took place on the M40 motorway between junctions 3 and 5 in each year since 2001 for which figures are available.

Tom Harris: The accident figures requested are as follows:
	
		
			  M40 Junctions 3-5 January 2001 to March 2007 (junctions included) 
			  Accidents 
			  Severity  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			 Fatal 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 
			 Serious 8 4 11 12 10 5 1 
			 Total 8 5 11 14 11 5 1 
		
	
	
		
			  M40 Junctions 3-5 January 2001 to March 2007 (excluding junctions) 
			  Accidents 
			  Severity  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			 Fatal 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 
			 Serious 8 4 10 12 8 5 1 
			 Total 8 5 10 14 9 5 1 
		
	
	2007 data only goes up to March. No verified data is currently available from April 2007 to date.

Transport: Exhaust Emissions

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate she has made of the average carbon dioxide emissions per person per journey from London to  (a) Bristol,  (b) Birmingham,  (c) Newcastle and  (d) Edinburgh by (i) air, (ii) rail, (iii) lorry and (iv) car.

Jim Fitzpatrick: holding answer 28 January 2008
	Transport Direct (www.transportdirect.info). the Department's multi-modal journey planner, provides average CO2 emissions per person for journeys within Great Britain. The planner gives the following estimates of kg CO2 per passenger:
	
		
			  London to:  Bristol  Birmingham  Newcastle  Edinburgh 
			 km 182 170 408 578 
			 Air (1)28.7 (1)26.9 64.5 91.3 
			 Rail 10.9 10.3 24.6 34.8 
			 Small car(2) 23.2 21.7 52.1 73.7 
			 Large car(2) 46.7 43.8 105.1 148.7 
			 (1 )Journey by this mode is not possible but is calculated on average emissions for the relevant distance. (2 )Assuming one occupant. 
		
	
	These figures do not include lorry travel as the Department does not collect figures on passengers travelling by this mode. However, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Company Reporting Guidelines (http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/envrp/pdf/envrpgas-annexes.pdf) give average emission factors per km for lorry journeys, separated by type of vehicle and laden factor (the extent to which the lorry is loaded to its maximum carrying capacity).
	For example, the average CO2 emissions from a 0 per cent. laden rigid HGV (carrying no load), travelling from London to Edinburgh, is approximately 359 kg. With a laden factor of 100 per cent., this average increases to about 517 kg. Actual emissions will vary depending on, for example, the particular vehicle, driving style and laden factor. Similar calculations can be made using the guidelines for journeys between any two points in the UK.

Armed Forces: Pensions

Brian Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average pension paid to a soldier of each rank was on retirement from the armed forces in England in 2006-07.

Derek Twigg: The tables give the standard pension entitlement, by years of service and rank, to those commissioned and non commissioned Army personnel reaching their immediate pension point under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 in Financial Year 2006-07.
	
		
			  Commission ed Army p ersonnel 
			   per year 
			  Years of reckonable service  Captain and below  Major  Lieutenant Colonel  Colonel  Brigadier 
			 16 11,192 13,330 17,477 20,238 24,156 
			 17 11,708 13,963 18,286 21,174 25,097 
			 18 12,224 14,596 19,095 22,110 26,039 
			 19 12,740 15,229 19,903 23,046 26,981 
			 20 13,256 15,862 20,712 23,983 27,923 
			 21 13,772 16,496 21,520 24,919 28,864 
			 22 14,287 17,129 22,329 25,855 29,806 
			 23 14,803 17,762 23,138 26,791 30,748 
			 24 15,319 18,395 23,946 27,727 31,690 
			 25 15,835 19,028 24,755 28,663 32,631 
			 26 16,351 19,661 25,564 29,599 33,573 
			 27 16,867 20,295 26,372 30,536 34,515 
			 28 17,383 20,928 27,181 31,472 35,457 
			 29 17,899 21,561 27,989 32,408 36,398 
			 30 18,415 22,194 28,798 33,344 37,340 
			 31 18,931 22,827 29,607 34,280 38,282 
			 32 19,446 23,461 30,415 35,216 39,223 
			 33 19,962 24,094 31,224 36,152 40,165 
			 34 20,478 24,727 32,033 37,089 41,107 
		
	
	
		
			  Non-commissioned Army personnel 
			   per year 
			  Years of reckonable service  Lance Corporal and below  Corporal  Sergeant  Staff Sergeant  Warrant Officer Class 2  Warrant Officer Class 1 
			 22 6,624 8,545 9,367 10,671 11,392 12,114 
			 23 6,855 8,843 9,694 11,043 11,790 12,537 
			 24 7,086 9,141 10,021 11,416 12,188 12,960 
			 25 7,318 9,439 10,348 11,788 12,585 13,383 
			 26 7,549 9,738 10,675 12,161 12,983 13,805 
			 27 7,780 10,036 11,002 12,533 13,381 14,228 
			 28 8,011 10,334 11,329 12,906 13,778 14,651 
			 29 8,243 10,632 11,656 13,278 14,176 15,074 
			 30 8,474 10,931 11,983 13,651 14,574 15,497 
			 31 8,705 11,229 12,310 14,023 14,971 15,920 
			 32 8,936 11,527 12,637 14,396 15,369 16,342 
			 33 9,167 11,825 12,964 14,768 15,767 16,765 
			 34 9,399 12,124 13,291 15,141 16,164 17,188 
			 35 9,630 12,422 13,618 15,513 16,562 17,611 
			 36 9,861 12,720 13,945 15,886 16,960 18,034 
			 37 10,092 13,018 14,272 16,258 17,357 18,457 
		
	
	Although a breakdown by rank is not available, the actual average annual pensions for the AFPS 1975 and 2005 schemes, paid in Financial Year 2006-07, were 16,641 for commissioned personnel and 5,976 for non-commissioned personnel. These figures include those who left before their immediate pension point but have, on reaching age 60, received their preserved AFPS pensions.

Departmental Carbon Emissions

Fraser Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to reduce his Department's carbon dioxide emissions in 2008-09.

Derek Twigg: The MOD is determined to lead the way in reducing its carbon dioxide emissions. We have already made significant progress in this area by taking a range of actions including: improving building energy management and energy efficiency; working with the Carbon Trust to identify opportunities for energy efficiency improvements at the top 220 energy-consuming defence sites; making central funds available for estate emissions reduction projects and embedding pro-rata energy efficiency targets into service delivery agreements between the MOD Permanent Under Secretary and the Department's management areas. We have also worked with our road vehicle fleet contractors to provide more energy-efficient vehicles and have offset emissions from business and ministerial flights.
	Work in these areas will continue during 2008-09 and beyond. In addition, we will develop and implement a carbon neutrality strategy for the MOD office estate, increase our procurement of non-climate change levy electricity and use of on-site micro-renewable energy systems, and make staff more aware of the environmental impact of their travel through a new self-booking travel tool.

EU Defence Policy: Finance

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the bank account used by the ATHENA Special Committee for EU military missions has ever been overdrawn; and if he will make a statement.

Des Browne: Bank accounts used for EU-led operations having military or defence implications are managed under the authority of the EU Special Committee ATHENA by: the administrator of the ATHENA mechanism; the commander of each operation (in relation to the operation which he/she commands) and an accounting officer. No ATHENA bank account may be overdrawn.

Crimes of Violence

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many  (a) violent and  (b) other crimes were recorded in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) city of York constituency in each of the last 10 years.

Vernon Coaker: The available information is given in the table. Violence against the person data for the city of York is only available from 1999-2000 and other crimes data from 2000-01.
	
		
			  Violence against the person and other crimes recorded by the police 
			  Area and year  Violence against the person  Other crimes  Total crimes 
			  North Yorkshire
			 1997(1) 2,425 47,827 50,252 
			 1998-99 4,827 50,482 55,309 
			 1999-2000 5,101 48,453 53,554 
			 2000-01 4,895 46,637 51,532 
			 2001-02(2) 5,624 53,501 59,125 
			 2002-03(2) 8,108 59,131 67,239 
			 2003-04 9,610 61,863 71,473 
			 2004-05 12,045 49,570 61,615 
			 2005-06 11,473 47,377 58,850 
			 2006-07 10,087 44,439 54,526 
			 
			  City of York
			 1997 (3) (3) (3) 
			 1998-99 (3) (3) (3) 
			 1999-2000 1,650 (3) (3) 
			 2000-01 1,504 17,787 19,291 
			 2001-02(2) 1,656 21,234 22,890 
			 2002-03(2) 2,575 23,055 25,630 
			 2003-04 3,459 25,888 29,347 
			 2004-05 4,000 19,080 23,080 
			 2005-06 3,810 18,974 22,784 
			 2006-07 3,285 17,650 20,935 
			 (1 )Using the expanded coverage and revised counting rules which came into force on 1 April 1998. (2 )The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable. (3 )Not available.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she will reply to the letter of 28 November 2007 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Nigel Morrison.

Jacqui Smith: I wrote to my right hon. Friend on 21 January 2008.

Police: Finance

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which events in London the Government have  (a) part and  (b) fully funded the policing of in each of the last 10 years.

Tony McNulty: The Government have made a major contribution to the cost of policing events in London over the past 10 years in the form of general grant, specific grants and the special payment to the Metropolitan Police Service for its capital city functions. In addition to this the Government have provided special grant on four occasions in the last 10 years as detailed in the following table.
	
		
			  Special grant paid to the Metropolitan Police in the last 10 years 
			   Event  Special g rant ( million) 
			 2000-01 May Day 1.000 
			 2001-02 Fuel Dumps Refurbishments 1.000 
			 2005-06 London Bombings 30.000 
			 2006-07 Operation Overt 2.959

Racial Violence

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2007,  Official Report, columns 662-64W, on racial violence, how many and what percentage of those incidents resulted in a conviction.

Tony McNulty: holding answer 10 December 200 7
	 The statistics provided in the previous answer related to all racially or religiously aggravated offences recorded by the police. The police data (i.e. offences recorded) are based on the number of crimes recorded in each financial year. Convictions data are based on the number of offender convictions and is published on a calendar year basis. Convictions figures are counts of offenders classified by their principal offence. For these reasons the two datasets are not directly comparable.
	Information on the number of defendants found guilty at all courts for racially aggravated violence offences has been provided in the following table.
	
		
			  Number of offenders found guilty at all courts for offences of racially aggravated violence, by police force area, England and Wales 2002-06( 1,2) 
			  Police force area  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 
			 Avon and Somerset 45 69 80 98 107 
			 Bedfordshire 12 24 20 32 42 
			 Cambridgeshire 32 24 38 50 56 
			 Cheshire 29 42 52 66 92 
			 City of London 3 10 7 12 13 
			 Cleveland 9 24 41 46 67 
			 Cumbria 13 19 28 40 46 
			 Derbyshire 40 48 58 75 79 
			 Devon and Cornwall 27 65 60 66 92 
			 Dorset 12 14 23 28 46 
			 Durham 23 30 43 59 65 
			 Essex 19 23 51 92 108 
			 Gloucestershire 22 21 34 25 44 
			 Greater Manchester 180 261 298 367 444 
			 Hampshire 88 96 139 162 167 
			 Hertfordshire 32 37 45 59 117 
			 Humberside 30 58 53 64 56 
			 Kent 10 16 7 15 12 
			 Lancashire 106 143 168 198 295 
			 Leicestershire 77 106 100 147 149 
			 Lincolnshire 12 19 26 35 39 
			 Merseyside 48 72 102 110 162 
			 Metropolitan Police 440 503 642 764 880 
			 Norfolk 19 32 43 47 54 
			 North Yorkshire 16 16 30 36 52 
			 Northamptonshire 3 5 4 10 4 
			 Northumbria 86 106 112 129 135 
			 Nottinghamshire 71 82 95 107 108 
			 South Yorkshire 50 54 56 64 114 
			 Staffordshire 57 62 68 56 77 
			 Suffolk 20 24 40 39 58 
			 Surrey 5 14 25 40 61 
			 Sussex 35 57 58 73 121 
			 Thames Valley 49 69 69 86 137 
			 Warwickshire 27 16 20 38 91 
			 West Mercia 52 75 81 94 126 
			 West Midlands 229 257 319 309 371 
			 West Yorkshire 97 109 149 174 176 
			 Wiltshire 18 28 22 38 45 
			 Dyfed-Powys 26 29 19 17 32 
			 Gwent 31 25 29 30 53 
			 North Wales 10 34 37 50 75 
			 South Wales 62 79 121 113 98 
			 Total 2,272 2,897 3,512 4,160 5,166 
			 (1) These data are provided on the principal offence basis. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces and courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source: RDSCourt proceedings databaseOffice for Criminal Justice ReformMinistry of Justice

Vetting: EC Action

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects the discussions between the Criminal Records Bureau and the Association of Chief Police Officers on seeking access to  (a) European Union Member States' and  (b) other foreign countries' criminal conviction data to reach conclusions; and if she will make a statement.

Meg Hillier: The Criminal Records Bureau contacted all member states in 2007 to establish whether there was an opportunity to enter into agreements to exchange data for employment vetting purposes where national laws allowed. To date there have been positive responses from some member states the Republic of Ireland, France, Estonia and Poland. Australia has also indicated a willingness to share information.
	A Home Office chaired Steering Group has been established to oversee this project and representatives include the Association of Chief Police Officers and the Criminal Records Bureau.
	We remain committed to improving access to overseas criminal convictions data. Even where another jurisdiction is willing to exchange such information, detailed work will still be needed with each overseas jurisdiction on a range of issues, including forming an understanding of offence descriptions which may differ from those used in UK jurisdictions and establishing exchange arrangements where criminal records data are not held centrally in the overseas jurisdiction, or are not held electronically.

Antisocial Behaviour

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps are being taken to  (a) implement and  (b) promote community calls to action by local authorities introduced under the Police and Justice Act 2006.

Tony McNulty: I have been asked to reply.
	The Home Office and the Department for Communities and Local Government are working together to agree implementation plansincluding agreeing a timetable for implementation.
	In particular the Home Office is keen to ensure that this work complements wider developments on local accountability. Sir Ronnie Flanagan's Independent Review of Policingwhich will publish its final report soon; and the Policing Green Paperto be published later this year, will have more to say on this issue.

Islam: Females

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria were used to select the attendees at the two roundtable meetings hosted by her Department since April 2007 in which women's access to mosque life was discussed.  [Official Report, 22 February 2008, Vol. 472, c. 11MC.]

Parmjit Dhanda: holding answer 31 January 2008
	The attendees were selected using a range of factors including their expertise and knowledge the Preventing Violent Extremism agenda. All the participants are in leadership positions within key organisations and have links to grass-root communities, while ensuring balanced representation across Muslim communities.

Islam: Females

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent on the development of leadership skills among Muslim  (a) women and  (b) young people in each year since 1997.

Parmjit Dhanda: holding answer 31 January 2008
	The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) was formed on 5 May 2006. Since that date 118,000 has been spent directly by the Department on projects relating to the development of leadership skills of women and 225,000 on projects relating to the development of leadership skills of young people.

Sleeping Rough

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people were sleeping rough in  (a) England,  (b) London,  (c) Northamptonshire and  (d) Wellingborough constituency in each of the last five years.

Iain Wright: holding answer 1 February 2008
	The following table shows the number of people found sleeping rough on local authority street counts in  (a) England,  (b) London,  (c) Northamptonshire and  (d) Wellingborough in each of the last five years. Data has been drawn from local authority Housing Strategy and Statistical Appendix (HSSA) returns.
	
		
			   2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			 England 504 508 459 502 498 
			 London 267 265 221 267 248 
			 Northamptonshire 7 8 12 11 0 
			 Wellingborough 0 0 1 0 0

Disability Discrimination Act 2005

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps the Government is taking to increase awareness of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 and its implications for business; and if he will make a statement.

Anne McGuire: We have and continue to undertake promotional work to make businesses aware of their obligations under disability discrimination legislation. In particular we have sought to illustrate straightforward reasonable adjustments' that could be made in order to meet their duty towards customers and employees, and to also highlight the wide range of impairments covered under the Act.

Disability Living Allowance

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the cost of providing disability living allowance instead of attendance allowance to those who have a disability that commences after the age of 65.

Anne McGuire: The information is not available as there is no reliable data available on which estimates could be made.

Pension Credit

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  what estimate he has made of the number of  (a) men and  (b) women who will have reached the age of 60 between 23 September 2007 and 29 February 2008 who live alone and receive pension credit or jobseekers' allowance;
	(2)  what estimate he has made of the number of  (a) men and  (b) women who will have reached the age of 60 between 23 September 2007 and 29 February 2008 who live in a care home and do not claim pension credit;
	(3)  what estimate he has made of the number of  (a) men and  (b) women who will have reached the age of 60 between 23 September 2007 and 29 February 2008 who live with a partner who receives pension credit or jobseekers' allowance on their behalf.

Mike O'Brien: holding answer 23 January 2008
	 The information requested is not available.

Social Security Benefits: Administration

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2008,  Official Report, column 1557W, on social security benefits: administration, in what form information on the cost of administering each benefit is collected and collated by the Department.

James Plaskitt: The Department does not record the costs of administering benefits by benefit type i.e. information on administering each benefit is not collected and collated by the Department.
	However, total administration costs are analysed by Request for Resource (RfR) in the published Resource Accounts, currently split into the following RfR's for the 2006-07 Financial Year, together with the benefits administered:
	
		
			   Benefit 
			 RfR 1 (Children) Child Maintenance 
			   
			 RfR 2 (Working Age) Bereavement Allowance 
			  Bereavement Payments Lump Sum 
			  Incapacity Benefit 
			  Income Support 
			  Industrial Injuries 
			  Job Seeker's Allowance 
			  Maternity Allowance 
			  Severe Disablement Allowance 
			  Social Fund 
			   
			 RfR 3 (Pensioners) 65+ Age Related Payments 
			  70+ Age Related Payments 
			  70+ Payment 
			  Christmas Bonus 
			  Minimum Income Guarantee 
			  Pension Credit 
			  State Pension (Contributory) 
			  State Pension (Non-contributory) 
			  Winter Fuel Payments 
			   
			 RfR 4 (Disabled) Attendance Allowance 
			  Carer's Allowance 
			  Disability Living Allowance 
			  Vaccine Damage Payments 
			   
			 RfR 5 (Corporate Services) No direct benefits attributed to this RfR 
		
	
	The information contained in the table is collected and collated via departmental accounting systems.

Clostridium: Screening

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department intends to bring forward proposals to screen all patients entering NHS hospitals in England for  C lostridium difficile.

Ann Keen: We are introducing universal screening for methicillin-resistant  Staphylococcus aureus for all elective patients by March 2009 and for all emergency patients as soon as possible over he next three years. This will reduce the likelihood of a patient developing a clinical infection or passing it on to others in hospital who may be vulnerable.
	We have considered whether universal screening of patients for  Clostridium difficile ( C. difficile) is the best way forward for the national health service. However, the current clinical evidence does not suggest that universal screening would be clinically effective as universal screening would not identify the majority of patients who might be carrying  C. difficile bacteria, and patients without symptoms are not considered to present an increased risk of infecting others. This is why we are targeting high risk patients for  C .  difficile screening. All over 65s in hospital with diarrhoea already should be screened for  C . difficile as set out in current guidance. This will ensure the infection is identified quickly and appropriate measures are taken to treat the patient and minimise infection of other patients.
	The measures for tackling health care associated infections such as  C. difficile are set out in Health Protection Agency guidance, the 'Saving Lives' programme and 'Clean, safe care' strategy.
	We will keep the clinical evidence for further  C. difficile screening under review and will act quickly in response to new and emerging evidence.

Departmental Email

Brian Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to reduce the number of hard copies of emails printed by officials in his Department.

Ben Bradshaw: The Department has taken steps, over a number of years, to encourage staff not to print off e-mails, and other documents, unnecessarily. In particular, the following actions have been taken:
	at staff sustainable development awareness events one of the major messages has been that staff should not print unless strictly necessary;
	over the past 12 months the Department has introduced a new managed print service where existing printers, photocopiers and fax machines have been replaced by multi-function devices. This has reduced the number of print devices by three-quarters. The ratio of staff to printers has reduced from 3:1 to an average of 10:1. The fact that most staff must now walk further to collect their printing is seen as a disincentive. Where printing is necessary the default on the new printers is duplex which reduces the amount of paper used. As computers are renewed we also have a policy to supply these with larger screens, to better enable staff to read their documents on screen;
	all staff in Information Services Directorate have an environmental strapline on their e-mails. Although this is changed regularly, previous straplines have reminded staff not to print unnecessarily. Other groups within the Department have adopted similar straplines; and
	the amount of waste paper generated in the Department has reduced from 522 tonnes in 2004-05 to 329 tonnes in 2006-07, a reduction of 37 per cent. This greatly exceeds the Government target to reduce overall waste arisings by 5 per cent. by 2010. While there are a number of factors that have influenced this figure, it does indicate that printing of ephemeral documents (which are destined for the waste bin) has reduced.

Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

Mark Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the proportion of the decline in mortality from coronary heart disease which is attributable to treatment of individuals at risk in each year since 1997 for which figures are available.

Ann Keen: In 2004 the national health service's Health Development Agency published a briefing paper entitled, Relative contributions of changes in risk factors and treatment to the reduction in coronary heart disease mortality which states that in the period 1981-2000, approximately 42 per cent. of the mortality decrease was attributable to medical and surgical treatments. This means that about 58 per cent. of the decline in mortality was attributable to the change in risk factors, with the largest proportion coming from a fall in smoking prevalence.
	A copy of the briefing paper has been placed in the Library and is also available at:
	www.nice.org.uk/niceMedia/documents/CHD_Briefmg_ nov_04.pdf

Local Involvement Networks

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  if he will make it his policy to provide a financial loss allowance for members of local involvement networks;
	(2)  if he will make it his policy to ensure that Local Involvement Networks (LINks) members are paid reasonable expenses by the host body when they undertake activities on behalf of a LINk.

Ann Keen: Patient and public involvement is key to developing and delivering responsive and accountable health and social care services. For effective involvement, people need to feel supported and that their contribution has been valued. This can be done in a number of ways, including participants being thanked and their contribution acknowledged.
	It will be for each Local Involvement Network (LINk) to determine its own policy regarding payment and reimbursement. However, we will remind LINks and host organisations that the Department of Health's 'Reward and Recognition: The Principles and Practice of Service User Payment and Reimbursement in Health and Social Care, A Guide for Service Providers, Service Users and Carers' document provides a useful guide for service providers, users and carers on the principles and practice of service user payment and reimbursement in health and social care. A copy of the document has been placed in the Library and is also available at:
	www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH4138523

Macular Degeneration

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of primary care trusts in England which have adopted the latest interim guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on treatment for patients with wet eye age related macular degeneration.

Ann Keen: We have made no estimate of the number of primary care trusts (PCTs) that have adopted the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's (NICE'S) draft guidance on Lucentis and Macugen for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration. The Government issued good practice guidance to the national health service in December 2006 that reiterated the message that, in the absence of final NICE guidance, primary care trusts should continue to make local arrangements for the introduction of new technologies. These arrangements should include an assessment of the available evidence.
	NICE is currently appraising Lucentis and Macugen as treatments for age related macular degeneration. NICE published a second appraisal consultation document on 14 December 2007. The consultation closed on 14 January 2008 and final guidance is expected in June.

Negligence: Greater London

Andrew Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many  (a) claims and  (b) settlements for clinical negligence (i) were made in each of the last three years and (ii) have been made in 2007-08 for cases arising from (A) Barnet and Chase Farm, (B) Royal Free and (C) Northwick Park hospitals; and how much compensation was paid by each hospital in each year.

Ann Keen: The information requested is in the following four tables. The National Health Service Litigation Authority supplied the data.
	
		
			  Number of clinical negligence claims received by the NHS Litigation Authority 2004-05 to 2007-08 as at 31 December 2007 for specified trusts 
			   NHS  litigation authority notification year 
			  Trust  name  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  Total 
			 Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 39 31 30 20 120 
			 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 49 45 36 25 155 
			 Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust 25 20 30 21 96 
			 Total 113 96 96 66 371 
		
	
	
		
			  Number of clinical negligence claims settled 2004-05 to 2007-08 as at 31 December 2007 for specified trusts 
			   Settlement  year 
			  Trust  name  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  Total 
			 Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 36 41 32 23 132 
			 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 42 37 42 32 153 
			 Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust 28 30 20 21 99 
			 Total 106 108 94 76 384 
		
	
	
		
			  Number of clinical negligence claims settled with damages 2004-05 to 2007-08 as at 31 December 2007 for specified trusts 
			   Settlement  year 
			  Trust  name  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  Total 
			 Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 23 25 19 15 82 
			 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 30 22 28 24 104 
			 Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust 17 20 12 13 62 
			 Total 70 67 59 52 248 
		
	
	
		
			  Clinical negligence payments for specified trusts 2004-05 to 2007-08 as at 31 December 2007 by year of payment 
			  Trust  name  Payment  year  Damages  Defence  c osts  Claimant  costs  Total 
			 Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 2004-05 3,447,834 391,034 1,222,274 5,061,142 
			  2005-06 2,153,553 402,769 296,592 2,852,914 
			  2006-07 1,766,719 520,499 924,756 3,211,973 
			  2007-08 1,517,518 157,136 730,610 2,405,264 
			  Total 8,885,624 1,471,438 3,174,231 13,531,293 
			   
			 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 2004-05 1,419,276 353,864 1,367,983 3,141,123 
			  2005-06 1,188,597 300,782 259,845 1,749,224 
			  2006-07 3,784,051 255,398 635,811 4,675,260 
			  2007-08 1,147,351 177,009 402,128 1,726,488 
			  Total 7,539,275 1,087,053 2,665,767 11,292,095 
			 Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust 2004-05 1,729,388 518,411 240,671 2,488,470 
			  2005-06 1,272,601 353,396 907,132 2,533,129 
			  2006-07 1,064,319 170,952 852,721 2,087,992 
			  2007-08 1,887,016 231,123 304,736 2,422,875 
			  Total 5,953,324 1,273,882 2,305,259 9,532,465 
			  Notes:  1. The NHS Litigation Authority holds data at a trust level rather than hospital level. Data is therefore provided for the whole trust rather than for an individual hospital as requested.  2. The claims received refer to the year in which a claim was received and not the year the incident occurred.  3. Additional data has been provided to include not just the number of claims settled, but also the number of claims settled with damages.  4. The number of claims in a particular year for a trust will not necessarily be the same as the number of claims settled in the same year as claims can take a number of years to settle.

NHS: Pay

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to remedy problems in administering the payment of travel expenses to community based health staff; and if he will make a statement.

Ann Keen: Community-based health staff are employed by the national health service and general practitioner practices. We are not aware of any problems in administering the payment of travel expenses to community-based health staff which is a matter between employee and employer.

Energy: Fees and Charges

Si�n James: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what progress is being made on the Ofcom review into utility bill charges for people who do not pay by direct debit.

Malcolm Wicks: The matter raised is the responsibility of the independent regulator, the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which is accountable to Parliament rather than Ministers. Accordingly, I have asked the Chief Executive of Ofcom to reply directly to the hon. Member. Copies of the Chief Executive's letter will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Fuel Poverty: Gloucestershire

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what his most recent estimate is of the number of households in  (a) Cheltenham and  (b) each of the Gloucestershire constituencies which were in fuel poverty in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

Malcolm Wicks: Over the last 10 years, sub-national estimates of fuel poverty are available only for 2003. The data for fuel poverty levels for 2003 comes from the Fuel Poverty Indicator dataset (available online at http://www.fuelpovertyindicator.org.uk/). In 2003, there were around 2,800 households in Cheltenham living in fuel poverty. The following table shows estimated fuel poverty levels for each local authority in Gloucestershire in 2003;
	
		
			 Local authority name Estimate of number of fuel poor households (2003) 
			 Cheltenham 2,800 
			 Cotswold 2,100 
			 Forest of Dean 2,200 
			 Gloucester 2,900 
			 South Gloucestershire 5,700 
			 Stroud 2,700 
			 Tewkesbury 1,900 
			 Total 20,300

Tidal Power

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what tidal power schemes are under consideration in Government.

Malcolm Wicks: holding answer 24 January 2008
	The Government have in place a number of initiatives that encourage the development of tidal power.
	The Government's main mechanism for supporting renewable energy is the Renewables Obligation (RO). We recently announced our final plans to reform the RO so that it maximises contributions from both established and emerging technologies. These include providing greater support to tidal barrages and lagoons up to 1 Giga Watt and to tidal-stream technologies. Further details can be found at
	www3.dti.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/consultations/renewables-obligation/page39555.html
	Support for the research and development of tidal power technology development is given by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) which is a joint Government and industry initiative. Details on the ETI's first call for projects, launched on 17 December 2007 include tidal power and can be seen at:
	www.energytechnologies.co.uk/technology-programmes/current-programmes/marine-wave-and-tidal/
	In addition, the 50 million 'Marine Renewables Deployment Fund' provides a package of measures to support the first grid connected multi-device tidal-stream pre-commercial demonstrations. Further details can be found at:
	www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/funding/marine/page19419.html
	On 22 January we announced the detailed terms of reference for a new feasibility study that will look into the potential for tidal power in the Severn Estuary. Further details of the study can be found at:
	www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/explained/wave-tidal/tidal/severntidalpower/page41473.html
	My Department is currently considering an application for consent for a tidal energy device in the Humber Estuary.

Wind Power: Planning Permission

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what meetings the Department has had with wind farm  (a) companies,  (b) organisations and  (c) associations to discuss objections to wind farm applications by the Ministry of Defence; and what the outcome has been.

Malcolm Wicks: The Department deals with the deployment of wind farms at both a strategic and project specific level as part of renewables policy and the consenting regime under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989. In this context, the Department has regular meetings with companies, organisations and associations, formally and informally, to discuss issues relevant to Ministry of Defence radar concerns.
	At a strategic level my Department works to facilitate the resolution of concerns raised by the aviation bodies in respect to the deployment of wind turbines. We have established groups that are attended by organisations such as developers, CAA, NATS, airport operators and the MOD. The outcome has been an improvement in the understanding of the issues and the establishment of a programme of work to identify and develop mitigation solutions to reduce the impacts of wind turbines on radar.

School Standards: Secondary Level

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps his Department has taken to raise standards in secondary schools.

Jim Knight: Since 1997, we've doubled funding per pupil in real terms. We've put over 200,000 more adults in classrooms. We hit the 60 per cent. of pupils achieving good GCSEs target a year early. Gaps are narrowing. Low-performance at school and local authority level is diminishing. Our Children's Plan sets out how we will deliver a world-class education system. The Every Child Matters agenda, personalised learning, progression, curriculum changes, academies, new 14 to 19 diplomas, raising the participation age, work force reforms and continued investment are all taking this forward.

School Standards: Secondary Level

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department is taking to raise the educational standards in secondary schools.

Jim Knight: Since 1997, we've doubled funding per pupil in real terms. We've put over 200,000 more adults in classrooms. We hit the 60 per cent. of pupils achieving good GCSEs target a year early. Gaps are narrowing. Low-performance at school and local authority level is diminishing. Our Children's Plan sets out how we will deliver a world-class education system. The Every Child Matters agenda, personalised learning, progression, curriculum changes, academies, new 14-19 diplomas, raising the participation age, workforce reforms and continued investment are all taking this forward.

Building Schools for the Future

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will make a statement on the progress of the Building Schools for the Future programme.

Jim Knight: The Building Schools for the Future programme is progressing well. The first BSF school (Bristol Brunel Academy) was opened by the PM and the Secretary of State in September 2007. Local authorities plans show that we expect 12 new schools to be open by December 2008, 35 more in 2008-09, 115 more in 2009-10, 165 more in 2010-11, and then around 200 a year and rising thereafter.

School Safety

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps the Government has taken to make schools safer for children since 1997.

Kevin Brennan: The protection of children is our unequivocal first priority.
	Through the Education Act 2002 we legislated to put a duty on schools to safeguard and promote the welfare of their pupils. And we have introduced important safeguards to prevent unsuitable people working with children in schools. We are introducing changes to ensure we have the toughest ever vetting and barring system. The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act will deliver the first centralised vetting and barring system for all those working with children and vulnerable adults.
	Ahead of this legislation being implemented, we have tightened up the current system, so that anyone cautioned or convicted for sexual offences against children after 28 February 2007 is automatically entered on List 99 and barred from working in schools and other education settings. This applies to anyone aged 18 or over who is convicted of, or cautioned for, a relevant offence regardless of whether there is evidence that they have been in previous employment in the education and children's work force.

Higher Education

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  what estimate he has made of the proportion of people from the poorest backgrounds who obtained degree level qualifications in each of the last 10 years;
	(2)  what estimate he has made of the proportion of people from the richest backgrounds who obtained degree level qualifications in each of the last 10 years.

Bill Rammell: I have been asked to reply.
	This information is not held centrally.
	Information is available on full-time young (aged 18-20) participation in higher education by socio-economic class. The table shows the following:
	1. The proportion of 18-20 year olds from the top three socio-economic classes who participate for the first time in full-time higher education;
	2. The proportion of 18-20 year olds from the bottom four socio-economic classes who participate for the first time in full-time higher education;
	3. The difference, or gap between these two rates.
	
		
			  Full-time young participation by socio-economic class (FYPSEC) 
			  Academic year  2002  2003  2004  2005 
			 % from NS-SECs 1, 2 and 3 44.6 41.5 41.5 43.3 
			 % from NS-SECs 4, 5, 6 and 7 17.6 17.9 17.7 19.9 
			 Difference 27.0 23.6 23.8 23.4 
		
	
	The figures cover English-domiciled 18-20 year olds who are studying for the first time at higher education level at UK higher education institutions or English further education colleges, who remain on their courses for at least six months.
	Due to a change from social class to socio-economic class in 2001, earlier comparable figures are not available. The 2006/07 figures will become available later this year.
	The Government remain committed to widening participation in higher education, it is an economic as well as a social imperative that everyone who can benefit from higher education has the opportunity to do so. Widening participation is about spotting and nurturing talent, with schools, colleges and universities working together to ensure that all those with the potential and merit to benefit from higher education are able to do so.

Higher Education: Academies

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  which universities have agreed to sponsor academy schools; and which representatives from those universities Ministers in his Department have met in the past 12 months;
	(2)  in what ways his Department liaises with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills on the sponsorship of academy schools by universities.

Jim Knight: There are currently 16 universities which have agreed to sponsor an Academy or at various stages of developing formal Academy proposals. These are listed as follows.
	 Universities developing formal proposals
	Brunel University
	Birmingham City University (formerly University of Central England UCE)
	Coventry University
	Liverpool Hope University
	London City University
	Oxford Brookes University
	Queen Mary College
	Sheffield Hallam University
	University of Bristol
	University of Chester
	University College London
	University of Lincoln
	University of Liverpool
	University of Manchester
	University of Nottingham
	University of West of England
	Ministers from the Department for Children, Schools and Families have met or spoken with the Vice-Chancellor's of the following Universities in the past 12 months about their involvement in the Academies programme:
	Oxford Brookes University
	University College London
	University of Nottingham
	University of the West of England
	Officials from the Department are in regular contact with DIUS on a range of matters, including university sponsorship of academies.

Music: Internet

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps he has  (a) taken and  (b) plans to take to prevent the illegal downloading of (i) music and (ii) films from the internet; what discussions (A) he, (B) Ministers in his Department and (C) officials have had with representatives of the music and film industry on the matter since June 2007; what the (1) location and (2) duration of each meeting was; whether a record of each meeting was kept; who attended each meeting; and if he will make a statement.

Ian Pearson: Ministers from the Department of Innovation Universities and Skills work regularly with other Ministers across Government. They have regular contact with representatives of the music and film industries, as have officials, to discuss a range of IP related issues including those relating to the protection of copyright.
	The illegal downloading of copyright protected music and films from the internet is a serious issue and through the UK Intellectual Property Office DIUS works to tackle these issues, by ensuring that the legal framework for copyright is effective and by taking action on enforcement, for example through the National IP Crime Strategy. In addition we work with right holders and other stakeholders to improve awareness and respect for IP among usersto try and reduce demand for, and supply of, illegal content.
	Ministers and officials from the UK-IPO meet regularly with representatives of the music and film industries as well as other stakeholders, such as other types of rightsholders, technology companies and users of copyright materials. Meetings often cover a diverse range of topics relating to copyright issues and in many instances will involve discussions on key issues such as the illegal downloading of online materials. A detailed inspection of the records shows that during the period in question meetings took place with a variety of organisations representing the music and film industries. Ministers and/or senior officials met with organisations such as British Music Rights, BPI, EMI, the Musicians' Union, the British Copyright Council, the British Screen Advisory Council, the UK Film Council, Time Warner, and the Alliance against IP Theft. These meetings generally took place in either Government premises or at the offices of the organisation concerned, and commonly lasted for an hour or so. The extent of any records kept, including records of who attended, depends on the subject matterin many instances these meetings were introductory meetings which covered a large number of topics. It is not known to what extent non-governmental attendees may have made their own records.

Freedom of Information: Appeals

Denis Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many decisions by public bodies not to disclose information under the Freedom of Information Act have been appealed against since 2005.

Michael Wills: The Ministry of Justice does not have a central record of the number of refusals appealed for internal review for all public authorities. Since 2005, the Information Commissioner has received 7,582 applications for a decision under section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Many of these complaints are procedural, concerningfor examplea public authority's timeliness. Owing to the highly varied nature of complaints, comprehensive data on the number of substantive appeals to the commissioner is not available.
	Requesters have made 136 appeals to the Information Tribunal under the Freedom of Information Act (including 14 cases relating to decisions under the Environmental Information Regulations). Requesters have made two appeals against Information Tribunal decisions to the High Court.

Reoffenders

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how many and what proportion of probation recalls to prison were for serious offences in each month since 2000; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  how many probation recalls to prison were there in each month since 2000; and if he will make a statement;
	(3)  how many prison recalls there were in each year since 2000; how many in each year were due to  (a) breaches of licence and  (b) committal of further offences; and if he will make a statement.

David Hanson: Information held centrally gives a breakdown of recalled offenders and a breakdown of offenders who were charged with committing a serious further offence, as defined by the national probation serious further offence review process. To provide a breakdown of offenders who were both charged with a serious further offence and who were subsequently recalled would require a manual trawl of two databases; this would incur disproportionate cost.
	The annual figures for :the number of offenders who were on licence (including life licence and Home Detention Curfew) and recalled to custody are in the following table. To break this information down into monthly totals would incur disproportionate cost.
	
		
			  Financial year  Number of determinate recalls 
			 2000-01 3,226 
			 2001-02 5,042 
			 2002-03 9,057 
		
	
	The number of prisoner recalled to custody has increased over recent years. There are several reasons for this increase: nearly all prisoners on licence can now be recalled to prison executively by the Secretary of State. Prior to 1998, prisoners serving less than four years could be recalled only by the courts, a slow and bureaucratic process that was rarely used. The Probation Service has become far more effective in enforcing licence conditions. In 1997 appropriate enforcement action was taken in only a third of cases where the offender breached a sentence being served in the community. This figure was over 90 per cent. in 2007; and there is more robust supervision of high risk licensees and better information sharing between police and probation, through multi agency public protection arrangements.
	A breakdown of the number of offenders returned to custody following a breach of their licence (including life licence and Home Detention Curfew conditions) in each month since June 2003 is in the table.
	
		
			  Month/year  Total 
			  2003  
			 June 914 
			 July 956 
			 August 869 
			 September 915 
			 October 1,113 
			 November 880 
			 December 987 
			  2004  
			 January 1,046 
			 February 1,065 
			 March 1,079 
			 April 945 
			 May 941 
			 June 1,007 
			 July 1,029 
			 August 900 
			 September 943 
			 October 915 
			 November 962 
			 December 900 
			  2005  
			 January 893 
			 February 821 
			 March 817 
			 April 974 
			 May 880 
			 June 1,053 
			 July 1,089 
			 August 1,014 
			 September 616 
			 October 978 
			 November 1,114 
			 December 1,007 
			  2006  
			 January 949 
			 February 815 
			 March 963 
			 April 757 
			 May 1,028 
			 June 981 
			 July 1,300 
			 August 1,233 
			 September 1,300 
			 October 1,146 
			 November 1,009 
			 December 943 
			  2007  
			 January 1,234 
			 February 1,147 
			 March 1,196 
			 April 957 
			 May 1,025 
			 June 1,155 
			 July 1,183 
			 August 1,214 
			 September 907 
			 October 1,157 
			 November 1,132 
			 December 992 
		
	
	All offenders recalled to custody will have breached one or more of the conditions of their licence (including those on life licence and the Home Detention Curfew scheme). We do not hold a comprehensive breakdown of reasons for recall prior to April 2007. The number of offenders recalled in each of the last 12 months together with the number recalled following a charge for a further offence since April 2007 is provided in the table as follows.
	
		
			  As at 2007  Number of offenders recalled  Number recalled for further charges 
			 January 1,234  
			 February 1,147  
			 March 1,196  
			 April 957 246 
			 May 1,025 223 
			 June 1,155 261 
			 July 1,183 272 
			 August 1,214 321 
			 September 907 241 
			 October 1,157 266 
			 November 1,132 287 
			 December 992 172

Robbery: Children

Richard Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many children were charged or cautioned for robbery in  (a) the east of England and  (b) Suffolk in each of the last five years.

Maria Eagle: The number of children aged 10 to 17 given reprimands and final warnings in  (a) the east of England and  (b) Suffolk for the years 2002 to 2006 can be found in table 1.
	From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. These figures show the total for final warnings and reprimands which make up cautions.
	Information on charging is not reported to the Ministry of Justice, but proceeded against data has been provided in table 2.
	
		
			  Table 1:  The number of children aged 10 to 17 given reprimands and final warnings for robbery offences in (a)  e ast of England and (b) Suffolk for the years 2002 to 2006( 1,2,3,4) 
			  Region  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 
			 East region excluding Suffolk 27 35 26 30 37 
			 Suffolk 3 3 4 5 2 
			 Total (i.e. east region including Suffolk) 30 38 30 35 39 
			 (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Includes the following statute: Theft Act 1968. (4) From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. These figures show the total for final warnings and reprimands which make up cautions.  Source: Court proceedings database held by RDS Office for Criminal Justice ReformMinistry of Justice 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2:  The number of children aged 10 to 17 proceeded against at magistrates courts for robbery offences in (a) east of England and (b) Suffolk for the years 2002 to 2006( 1,2,3) 
			  Region  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 
			 East region excl Suffolk 501 414 414 389 442 
			 Suffolk 22 26 32 19 24 
			 Total (i.e. east region including Suffolk) 523 440 446 408 466 
			 (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Includes the following statute: Theft Act 1968  Source: Court proceedings database held by RDS Office for Criminal Justice ReformMinistry of Justice

Speed Limits: Fines

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how much revenue has been raised by  (a) Lancashire county council,  (b) Ribble Valley borough council,  (c) Preston city council,  (d) Blackburn with Darwen borough council,  (e) South Ribble borough council and  (f) Lancashire constabulary from speed camera fines in each of the last five years;
	(2)  how many fines from speed cameras were  (a) unpaid and  (b) overdue in Lancashire county council area at the most recent date for which figures were available.

Maria Eagle: Available information from 2001 to 2005 (latest available) is provided in the following table. 2006 data will be available later this year.
	Information on revenue from speed camera convictions is not collected centrally.
	The information collected by my department identifies the number of fixed penalties ordered to be paid and the number and amounts of court fines issued for each offences within each police force area. Fixed penalties that remain unpaid after the statutory period (28 days in the case of a fixed penalty resulting from unattended camera operation) are registered as fines at one and half times the original fixed penalty amount.
	The overall payment rate for fines in general for the period April to December 2007 is 92 per cent. court systems measure whether all fines are paid. They do not break this down to those that originate from speeding Fixed Penalty Notices, so this information is not available.
	
		
			  Fixed penalty notices issued( 1)  and court imposed fines( 2,3)  for speed limit offences detected by camera( 4,5) , within Lancashire police force area, 2001-05 
			  Number of offences 
			   Fixed penalties  Court proceedings 
			   Number of tickets  Number of fines  Total amount of fines ()  Average fine () 
			 2001 21,400 1,387 140,401 183 
			 2002 88,700 1,663 110,377 66 
			 2003 95,200 4,324 296,181 68 
			 2004 61,400 3,565 256,926 72 
			 2005 61,200 2,288 173,120 76 
			 (1) Only covers notices paid where there is no further action. (2) May include cases where a fixed penalty notice was issued and not paid and referred to court. (3) Magistrates courts data only. Fines given at the Crown court total nationally (England and Wales) less than 20 each year. (4) Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973. (5) Data are for all camera types. (6) 60 for a fixed penalty charge if paid.  Notes: 1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences are less than complete. 2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Young Offenders

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many  (a) juvenile and  (b) young offenders were in each secure accommodation in each month of each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

David Hanson: The following table shows the number of juveniles and young adults detained in  (a) each prison establishment in England and Wales as at 30 June of each year since 1997 and  (b) each Secure Children's Home and Secure Training Centre in England and Wales as at 30 June of each year since 2000.
	These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
	
		
			  Juvenile and young offenders in Secure Children's Homes and Secure Training Centres 2000-07 
			June 
			  Establishment type  Establishment  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			 Secure Children's Homes Aldine House 5 3 5 6 5 5 5 5 
			  Atkinson Unit 9 9 12 14 10 9 9 9 
			  Aycliffe Young People's Centre 27 31 33 33 34 31 26 30 
			  Barton Moss Secure Unit 14 16 17 18 20 19 20 16 
			  Briars Hey 3 5 3 6 0 0 0 0 
			  Clare Lodge 11 10 12 10 0 0 0 0 
			  Clayfields House 14 13 13 14 12 12 12 11 
			  Dales House 5 7 9 7 6 0 0 0 
			  Earlswood Secure Unit 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 
			  East Moor 29 29 34 31 34 35 33 31 
			  Gladstone House 8 5 9 13 16 16 16 9 
			  Hillside 16 13 16 14 15 14 13 14 
			  Kyloe House 3 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 
			  Lansdowne Children's Centre 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Leverton Secure Unit 5 5 5 9 0 0 0 0 
			  Lincolnshire Secure Unit 4 5 4 7 7 9 7 7 
			  Market Street 4 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 
			  Orchard Lodge 11 15 15 22 19 18 17 18 
			  Red Bank Community Home 25 27 26 28 28 28 27 28 
			  Redsands Secure Unit 4 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 
			  St. John's Centre (Tiffield) 9 12 10 13 10 0 0 0 
			  St. Catherines Centre for Girls 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 
			  Stamford House 18 14 20 19 0 0 0 0 
			  Stoke House 8 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Sutton Place 6 7 7 9 8 8 9 7 
			  Swanwick Lodge 0 7 8 8 10 10 10 7 
			  Thornbury House 1 7 4 7 6 0 0 0 
			  Vinney Green 20 16 20 21 20 21 20 19 
			  Watling House 3 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 
			 SCH total  266 290 313 327 266 238 227 214 
			   
			 Secure Training Centres Hassockfield STC 40 37 36 40 35 35 38 58 
			  Medway 41 36 42 66 76 69 64 64 
			  Oakhill STC 0 0 0 0 1 65 77 57 
			  Rainsbrook 44 43 57 77 70 75 72 82 
			 STC total  125 116 135 183 182 244 251 261 
			  Note: Data are not available pre 2000